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Nobel Peace Prize 2025 Live Updates: The world is eagerly awaiting the announcement of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, scheduled to take place on Friday in Oslo, marking a pinnacle of Nobel Week. The prestigious award, presented by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, has drawn 338 nominations this year — including 244 individuals and 94 organisations.…Read More
The official announcement will be delivered by Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee, at the Norwegian Nobel Institute.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee consists of five members: human rights advocate Jørgen Watne Frydnes, foreign policy scholar Asle Toje, former Acting Prime Minister Anne Enger, former Minister of Education Kristin Clemet, and former Secretary of Foreign Affairs Gry Larsen.
US President Donald Trump’s aggressive push for a Nobel
This year’s prize has already stirred intense speculation, with US President Donald Trump emerging as a frontrunner following his aggressive push to secure the Nobel, including public declarations that he deserves it and calls to Norwegian officials.
The speculation has intensified with a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and a possible peace deal. At the same time, the decision-makers at the Norwegian Nobel Committee have signalled that this pressure has been futile.
Several countries, including Israel, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Thailand, and Cambodia, are said to have nominated Trump, crediting him with mediating several long-standing conflicts.
Trump himself has repeatedly made his case for the Peace Prize, claiming to have brokered peace in numerous regions.
“I don’t know what they’re going to do, really, but I know this: that nobody in history has solved eight wars in a period of nine months, and I’ve stopped eight wars,” he said. “So that’s never happened before, but they’ll have to do what they do. Whatever they do is fine. I know this: I didn’t do it for that. I did it because I saved a lot of lives.”
Nobel Peace Prize 2025: Top developments
- Watne Frydnes told Norwegian tabloid VG that the decision on this year’s Nobel Peace Prize was made on Monday.
- The five members of the committee held their final meeting on Monday, when they put the final touches on the statement they will release explaining their pick
- He also indicated in comments to public broadcaster NRK that the possible peace deal in the Middle East would only be considered for next year’s award.
- US President Donald Trump has become the favourite among the bookmakers, according to Oddschecker.
- Russia would back US President Donald Trump’s candidacy for the Nobel Peace Prize, state news agency TASS quoted Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov as saying on Friday.
- The announcement is due just hours after Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire and hostage release deal that could help end the over two-year war in Gaza.
- Former US President Barack Obama famously got the prize in 2009, just months into the start of his presidency.
- Nominations for the 2025 prize closed on January 31.
- Norway is currently in negotiations with the US for a trade deal, hoping for a reduction of the 15% tariff on its shipments to the US.
Russia has said repeatedly that it is grateful for US President Donald Trump’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in remarks published on Thursday that Kyiv would nominate Trump for the Nobel, which he openly covets, if he managed to bring about a ceasefire.
Russia would back US President Donald Trump’s candidacy for the Nobel Peace Prize, state news agency TASS quoted Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov as saying on Friday.
The winner of the 2025 prize will be announced at 0900 GMT, but experienced watchers of the award say it is highly unlikely to be Trump.
The announcement for the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 is due just hours after Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire and hostage release deal that could help end the over two-year war in Gaza.
But while Trump’s pressure on the two sides has been seen as instrumental for the breakthrough, the deal has probably come too late for the Nobel Committee to take it into account.
Nominations for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize closed on January 31, shortly after Trump’s return to the White House. However, President Barack Obama famously got the prize in 2009, just months into the start of his presidency.
As the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 announcement approaches, all eyes are on the five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee responsible for selecting the laureate.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee consists of five members: human rights advocate Jørgen Watne Frydnes, foreign policy scholar Asle Toje, former Acting Prime Minister Anne Enger, former Minister of Education Kristin Clemet, and former Secretary of Foreign Affairs Gry Larsen.
Last year’s award went to Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of Japanese atomic bombing survivors who have worked for decades to maintain a taboo around the use of nuclear weapons.
Since returning to the White House for his second term in January, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly insisted that he “deserves” the Nobel for his role in resolving numerous conflicts — a claim experts say is broadly exaggerated.
US President Donald Trump’s campaign has thrust Oslo into an uncomfortable spotlight, with media and observers worrying about the diplomatic and economic fallout for Norway should the independent five-member committee snub him.
Trump’s aggressive push to secure the Nobel Peace Prize, including public declarations that he deserves it and calls to Norwegian officials, has intensified with a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and a possible peace deal.
At the same time, the decision-makers at the Norwegian Nobel Committee have signalled that this pressure has been futile.
Norway is currently in negotiations with the US for a trade deal, hoping for a reduction of the 15% tariff on its shipments to the US. This week, Trade Minister Cecilie Myrseth will meet with officials in Washington, DC.
Nominations for the 2025 prize closed on January 31, shortly after Trump’s return to the White House. However, President Barack Obama famously got the prize in 2009, just months into the start of his presidency. That’s continued to irk Trump.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce the recipient of the Peace Prize, the most highly anticipated of the prestigious Nobels, at 11:00 am (0900 GMT) in the capital Oslo.